Short and sweet is the best way to describe the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ Tuesday, February 9, 2016 meeting.
And while there is plenty of snow on the ground and icicles hanging from buildings and trees, tennis was one of the main topics of discussion.
After months of finding ways to pay for the more than $170,000 in repairs, the county board agreed to sign a contract with Dermco-LaVine Construction Company to repair (and in some cases reconstruct) the Cook County Community Tennis courts this summer.
Dermco-LaVine will repair and reconstruct the tennis courts located adjacent to the Cook County YMCA. Two courts will be entirely reconstructed and a Probounce surface will be put on them.
Cracks 1 inch wide and greater will be cleaned, primed, and filled with dry silica sand up to the bottom of concrete or asphalt slab and the remaining void area filled with hydraulic cement until even with the surface. A rigid thin film tape, PB-Bond ll will then be laid over the repair cracks ¾ inches and larger to prevent shadowing after the area has been surfaced. Smaller cracks will be repaired in a similar fashion.
The goal will be to have the work done by the end of July for the Fisherman’s Picnic tennis tournament.
Motions passed, contracts approved
Commissioners passed a motion to update the contract with Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD). WLSSD manages the waste transport and disposal of household hazardous material (paint, cleaners etc.), which allows Cook County residents to dispose of those products twice a year for free.
North Shore Waste and Nelson Machine Products each were approved for a 2016 Solid Waste Hauler’s License.
Local option sales tax collection up
The Cook County 1 percent local option sales tax for November was up 21.8 percent from the year before. Collections from hotels/motels, restaurants and stores brought in $146,369.94 in November 2015 versus $120,219.04 for November 2014.
Through the first 11 months of 2015 the county has collected $1,471,107.30. In all 12 months of 2014, the county collected $1,416,144.25.
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